Gd Flashcards
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1
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Perhaps we might remind him gently after his leave. Shall we set a
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soft deadline on August 15
2
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Pre-season
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showdown
3
Q
David Beckham is already dreaming of a World Cup final
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showdown with his Old Trafford pal Juan Sebastian Veron
4
Q
Staff honoured for going
A
extra mile
5
Q
Louise took wing
A
for America
6
Q
Water passes through vents with each
A
flush and is doused with fragrant liquid
7
Q
He doused the car with
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petrol and set it on fire
8
Q
At the airfield, chaos reigned as rescue crews equipped with fire extinguishers doused the flames emanating
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from the downed fighter
9
Q
He sprung into action, grabbing the lab s fire blanket and dousing the flames that were
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playing across the workbench
10
Q
It was only as the fire brigade doused the final embers in my gutted home that I wondered if perhaps the
A
invite had been a subtle Valentine s message after all
11
Q
We will be spared the horrors of greedy, selfish and self-serving individuals who trample
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over people so that they can get a million dollars
12
Q
This is indeed regrettable, because politicians who act only in their own partisan,
A
self-seeking interest are doing nothing other than letting their country down
13
Q
Vehicular access
A
to
14
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It is an odd question, but it goes to the heart of a debate over how much spending power is
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wielded by workers
15
Q
To say a final goodbye to his friends before
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serving life in prison
16
Q
Their crime was greatly premeditated. Their planning was
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extensive. Their preparation gathered pace in January and February
17
Q
Sales of savings plans will be hit as brokers are prohibited from earning commission on long-term
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policies upfront in move to clean up a business plagued by persistent complaints of unscrupulous sales practices
18
Q
The ban will hit a cutthroat insurance
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savings plan industry marketed to both expatriate and local investors
19
Q
The work fell between two
A
stools, being neither genuinely popular nor truly scholarly
20
Q
We seem to fall between two stools because the modern premises that we would like to move into are far too expensive and the older mill buildings tend to have water
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gushing in through the roof
21
Q
The insurance firm is able to recoup these costs by imposing minimum payment terms and premium
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lock-ins on policyholders
22
Q
The new rules mirror regulatory changes in Europe that have swept away
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commission-paying products in favour of fee-based compensation
23
Q
The rules also put the onus on insurers to develop products that do not create misaligned
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incentives between intermediaries and their clients
24
Q
Staff can begin liquidating holdings after three years, but may then be subject to a
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tax clawback, on a sliding scale
25
The sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a
prude could find it objectionable
26
People tend to think of the Victorians as
prudes but this dress is quite revealing
27
He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the
deserving and never of the idle
28
Such an arrangement has its historical
roots in the transition from HSSC to HSMC
29
The BTB modules are intercultural and interdisciplinary, where translation is considered the paradigm of
mediation, not only from one language to another but also from one culture to another
30
While these modules are inherently
responsive to market trends, they also aim to think ahead in expectation of users' needs and to foster a new and constructive partnership with the industry
31
Students are well versed in not only language and terminology but also the
body of business and sociocultural knowledge embodied therein
32
The stony desolation of
the desert
33
What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast
field of emptiness and desolation
34
All around them desolation and destruction saturated
the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street
35
In choked desolation, she
watched him leave
36
A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen
streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation
37
The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of
desolation and loneliness
38
Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards, ushering in a new era of freedom and frankness in modern literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of Miller s famed mixture of memoir and fiction, which
chronicles with unapologetic gusto the bawdy adventures of a young expatriate writer
39
Too many of them were standing around as though fielding were merely a
tedious chore to be undertaken before you got your turn at bat
40
This seems strange to some, but why should we not make something fun out of a
necessary chore
41
The collision triggered a fiery, midair explosion that rained
burning debris over an elementary school playground
42
We all herded into
a storage room
43
Within minutes, anxious parents began streaming to the school in jogging
suits, business clothes, house-coats
44
That is too much calculus
for my brain
45
He gargled with
alcohol for toothache
46
His pale eyes were frosted with
sun glare and his lips scaly as snakeskin
47
An overbearing,
ill-tempered brute
48
She then describes the Rat personality, Charming, extremely easy to get along with, hard working, has a
disarming manner even when confronting someone
49
Although to say the man was a big influence on me musically would be a gross
understatement, I will personally remember Piggy best for his disarming demeanour
50
He gave her a disarming
smile
51
He came back empty-handed and
crestfallen
52
The spy peered
furtively through the bushes
53
People have to compete with each other for elbow room and
breathing space, both of which are in short supply
54
The deteriorating quality and the shrinking greenery around the city adds
weight to the proposal to provide it a little more elbow room or breathing space
55
The audience pattered
applause
56
Physicians advised sparing
use of ointment
57
An estimated 150000 commuters passed through its
turnstiles every day, many of them on their way to work on Wall Street
58
Her fingers were grained with
chalk dust
59
It goes against the grain to tell
outright lies
60
I abhor unsightly
blemishes, so I shun semicolons and parentheses
61
I had no inkling of electronic marvels just around the corner that were about to
revolutionize the act of writing
62
Never have so many Americans written so
profusely and with so few inhibitions
63
Word processors are a rare gift, enabling them to fuss
endlessly with their sentences
64
A contented mind is a
perpetual feast
65
She is mature, even-tempered and good-natured, displaying a cheerful and kind
disposition that makes her popular among her peers
66
Should you have any enquiries, we would be
pleased to oblige
67
This tools celebrates
simplicity, but a clever writer can make the simple complex
68
He stares into
space
69
Teenagers rehearse a request for a later curfew, or
an increase in allowance
70
We call it procrastination or
writer s block
71
They resorted to dilatory
tactics
72
Like Batman, they cinch up a
utility belt loaded with handy tools
73
They write stories of national and international interest, under excruciating
deadline pressure, against formidable competition and with the outcome of event in doubt. A Herculean task
74
The famous journalist and author was
awestruck
75
If you piece together a puzzle, you
benefit from the image on the box
76
The match was a cliffhanger
right up to the final whistle
77
You have hogged
the stove for too long
78
The Premier League s curtain
raiser
79
The graveyard
shift
80
I wanted to be upfront
with you
81
Great to see you,
old bean
82
When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and
chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well
83
A bean counter will say you should respond by cutting in other places, which usually means
shifting the burden onto other people, especially your employees
84
As a small business owner, you are not only the head honcho, but also the bean counter, chief salesman, IT
boffin, tax specialist and marketing guru too
85
The novel has found its way into films,
cartoons, and even computer games
86
The MacBook range has caught a lot of flak over the years for being expensive and a case
of style over substance
87
After the meeting, they left by a side
entrance to avoid taking media questions
88
The influx of funds boosted the Hong Kong dollar to the
upper end of its trading band
89
Under the beg to the US dollar, the HKMA is
obliged to intervene
90
Investors should be careful as the hot money may leave as many of these foreign investors are
eyeing quick profits only
91
The recent stock market rally may not last long. Local investors should not blindly follow the hot money and rush into the market or they may
have their fingers burned
92
Look haggard and
tattered
93
I am swarmed
with work
94
Steamed pork
patties
95
No
sweat
96
Let s smarten you
up
97
He skimmed money
off
98
When your automated teller machines divide and arrange your money before
coughing it up, they are all using partition theory
99
Milk money from the
company
100
She warns that even if the December text is agreed to, it still offers a raw deal to developing countries, and would result in a host of
legal and bureaucratic red tape
101
Women academics continue to get a raw
deal
102
One bitten
twice shy
103
March winds and April showers bring forth
May flowers
104
An anonymous note like that would
creep me out
105
An empty bucket sounds
very loud
106
Empty barrels make
most noise
107
The pictures do not do it
justice
108
The gruesome murder case in which a man is accused of killing his parents and dismembering their bodies will have to restart with a new, bigger jury after a judge
excused the foreman, who said he was too upset by the evidence to continue
109
A juror notified the judge that she had received a doctor s note saying she was suffering anxiety and neurosis and that further
exposure to the trial could make her situation worse
110
Japanese economy shrinks 6 per cent, most since tsunami, as tax
rise bites
111
The sales tax increase took a heavy toll on household spending, stoking fears that any rebound may be too modest to
sustain a solid recovery
112
The world a third-largest economy shrank an
annualised 6.8 per cent in the second quarter
113
External demand added 1.1 percentage points to growth, after shaving 0.2 percentage points
off growth in the first quarter
114
Opponents also draw attention to the risks of elective Cesarean delivery to the mother and fetus during the initial
procedure and for later pregnancies
115
The risk for infection and other surgical complications appear to be greater in women undergoing repeat cesarean delivery compared to those who are successful
with a vaginal birth after Cesarean delivery
116
A tree crashed down a private slope and killed a heavily
pregnant woman
117
The victim s baby was delivered by emergency
caesarean section
118
The remains of the tree are as crispy as
biscuits, showing serious fungi infection
119
Solicitors voted to
unseat Law Society president Ambrose Lam
120
He was stony-faced
after the meeting
121
He repeated the call for
unity in a later statement
122
He fought back
tears as they announced their victory
123
Sadness over the grotesque political interference by outside
machinery throughout the process despite this being an internal matter
124
The results showed that the majority of the
proxy votes were against Lam
125
Barack Obama called for cooler
heads to prevail
126
A hardware
shop
127
Ampersand,
symbol for and
128
The enforced camaraderie of
office life
129
My bag of
tricks
130
Debate rages
on
131
The masses insist, until justice
is served
132
The extension of the railway is
up and running
133
A computer
buff
134
To smash it into
bits
135
He was little more than a
drudge around the house
136
We tried to forestall our
business rivals
137
She forestalled a
conflict by sending her husband away
138
If you are well prepared, you can take every emergency
in your stride
139
Hong Kong political reform consultation was dominated by
orchestrated bloc submissions
140
The settlement rules could put a damper on the enthusiasm of overseas investors, most of them
favouring a conservative stance
141
The report reflected the views
collated
142
At no stage did any of these worthies think it necessary to do some fact-checking before
besmirching the reputation of a former cabinet officer
143
Chow also brushed off
suggestions that he had received money for his role
144
Death is mercifully
quick when a rocket hits an airliner mid-flight
145
We have grown too
proud
146
Noam Chomsky sounded a note of
caution in relation to the implications of generative grammar for translation
147
Their signatures should tally with their
names on the register
148
There are undoubtedly chefs who believe reviewers go out with the express intention of
ripping into a restaurant, but that does not tally with my experience
149
They say his actions, which destabilise, do not
tally with the talk
150
You have quite a
glow on your face
151
I would better stay
on my toe
152
They are on the chopping
board
153
No
sweat
154
He had not joined a gang or
acquired a rap sheet
155
There had probably been a few more crimes added to her
rap sheet since then as well
156
You never know when that kid with a rap sheet a mile long will
circumvent the system yet again because of a judge s ruling
157
I would be petty if
I say no
158
I can save my
breath
159
Give you a small
earful
160
Your authority will be undermined if
I fail
161
A molten
cake
162
IT is my forte, but it is a bit
constraining
163
You are cut out for
the job
164
Where are you rushing
off to
165
Hong Kong Customs believed that smugglers had attempted to use circuitous
routings to evade Customs crackdown
166
Cigarette
contraband
167
These descriptions are just
caricatures, and nobody is all Virgo
168
They expect nothing less than perfect of
themselves, which tends to get extended towards criticism of others
169
If they can gain a sense of perspective, however, Virgo has a gentle, self-depreciating sense of humour and makes
extremely amusing, pleasant company
170
They can be accused of being unfeeling and ungenerous, too
workmanlike and cut and dried
171
The easy-going nature makes them a
reliable and steady sort
172
Virgo lovers are at their best when you allow them
to be of service to you
173
This could mean organising your file
cabinet or running all your errands
174
They derive a great sense of
purpose from being needed
175
He decided to step up to the
plate and actually handle his own business
176
They will scoff and call you a slob, but in the inside they will be
beaming and will already be mentally prepared to colour coded your socks
177
They will not say the words, but
show you with work
178
The advice is not welcome because it comes in
the form of nagging
179
Extremely sensitive and
borderline insecure
180
They cannot tolerate someone
crowding their space
181
They like love and affection as much as
the next person, but they want it in doses
182
You are not necessarily uptight about such things, but you are not going to wipe your nose on your
sleeve during a date or burp and fart in a fancy restaurant
183
You may not be finely polished and snooty, but you have a natural
sense of when to behave yourself and when it is okay to let loose
184
You are not afraid of rolling up your
sleeves and get to work
185
It does not take long to see that you will never be a lazy one expecting to be
waited on hand and foot
186
Virgos define pure
modesty
187
Blowing their savings on
souped-up sports car
188
Mercury rules the
conscious, reasoning mind
189
They may spend part of their lives heading off on
detours and then suddenly emerge as someone with a remarkable sense of direction
190
The desire to be
up and doing
191
A constant striving to bring order
out of chaos
192
Virgos superb logic cuts through
muddled thinking like a laser beam
193
Until they have the facts before them, they are
reluctant to make a decision
194
It gives them a heightened
awareness of the world s imperfections
195
To admit to being in the
wrong
196
His demeanour was self-effacing,
gracious, and polite
197
To honour
his wish
198
Make more runs
to earn more
199
He went back to the streets to
panhandle for money
200
A bunch of hoodlums just looking
for trouble
201
I am my own
man
202
I will not keep you, I am
off
203
After all, a man with responsibilities cannot walk around with his head
in the clouds all the time
204
You have been wandering around with your head in the
clouds for almost a month, you look like you are sleepwalking most of the time
205
Being cooped up
indoors all day makes him fidgety
206
Her children were playing near the pond, running free as if they had been cooped up in a confined
day care center all day
207
Does the thought of being cooped
up indoors watching a game bore you to tears
208
We all lost our
cool
209
It is not to
my liking
210
You will make an outstanding
CEO
211
Those catalysts could include new products, demographic trends, proprietary products, increased
market share, or a change in cost structure
212
I expect this will only continue to get worse as more and more companies attempt to
protect their proprietary products and services
213
We got a flat
tyre
214
I would tattle on
her whenever I had hard evidence
215
She was smitten
with the boy
216
It is time to come
clean
217
I know it would be a lost
cause
218
I have the hots
for you
219
Take it in
stride
220
It is
homely
221
In fact, we now know that Newton was in many ways a Renaissance man, working in theology, prophecy, and
alchemy, as well as mathematics, optics, and physics
222
Notoriously single-minded, the erstwhile enfant terrible of the Belgian art world is a Renaissance man, despite his
penchant for drenching everything in body fluids
223
I go to the counter and give the cheque to a guy who definitely did not have enough sleep last night and was in a mood for nasty
snide remarks and evil glares
224
Some marched past him, giving him anything from a
passing glance to a narrow eyed stare of contempt and a snide remark
225
Why then do they let themselves be shown as silly little scatterbrains, making the compromises, while the men
romp all over the screen doing exactly as they please
226
These accounts typically focus on perceived negatives and neglect to acknowledge the positive influence that attention deficit medication has had
on thousands of scatterbrains
227
These days, to impress anyone at all, a heist film requires either heaps of brutal, gory
violence or a really clever plot
228
Moore, however, has not filled this film with scenes of
gory violence
229
What a
dork
230
She dotes
on him
231
The tender is up for
grabs
232
Her brain winds
up
233
I will go clear
my desk
234
The eureka moment for him came when
he was hill-walking
235
Hog the
limelight
236
Just a Jack of
all trades
237
they knew absolutely
zilch about rock n roll
238
I was a little taken
aback
239
As an added bonus, since I know absolutely zilch about Bob Fosse, I could not take serious issue with the choreography like the
obnoxious couple sitting next to me
240
It is not love on the
rebound
241
I was on the rebound when
I met Jack
242
Not a moment
too soon
243
David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to
finally meet him
244
Dried prunella
drink
245
Since starting self-defence classes at the age of four, the lad caught the eye of instructors by
sailing through tests for 32 different belts, to reach the black
246
Despite the festive season, both boxers registered their weights within the required
limit and sailed through their medical tests
247
He knows how to accept an stray
elbow under the basket
248
The past two years have been a perfect
storm for the travel industry
249
If truth be told, the decision has been made after a
great deal of contemplation
250
There is no way I can make up for my resignation, but I do
wish that I can gain your understanding
251
While we regret for your departure, we are glad that you have confirmed your career aspirations and have
plans to transfer onto a higher plane
252
Here is wishing you the best of
luck in your future endeavours
253
His unfailing courtesy and
forbearance under great provocation
254
Be on the
alert
255
They voted with their
feet
256
Shower my son with
gifts
257
You are all
sweaty
258
I harbour no
intentions
259
Post-partum
depression
260
The custom of post-partum
abstinence
261
By this time, I had outgrown my adolescent
appetite for being shocked
262
His business took a
dive
263
Plaster for heel
blisters
264
The president went through a dry
run of his speech
265
At Chelsea, nurses conducted a dry run of the procedure on their own, other members prepared by reading the manual, and the surgeon did not
participate in any team practice
266
Then again, it was just a charity preview and a dry
run for the real thing
267
I had two drinks that just
went to my head, because I had not eaten
268
I supposed that the large consumption of alcohol the night before
had gone to his head
269
This suggests yet another consequence of the cuts, which is that the women who are employed in the childcare sector will also be left
high and dry now that their source of revenue has been seriously attenuated
270
I have nothing to call
my own
271
Jack had a little posse made up of rich kids who thought being rich placed you on a higher
plane of existence than the rest of the world
272
By then, the crowd had migrated into a higher
plane of metal-rock-consciousness
273
Just in case if any of the articles touches upon Japanese translation, we could certainly enlist
your help if you are on our team
274
We will certainly benefit from a non-specialist
perspective. As you come highly recommended by Dr Chau, I am sure our partnership will work out beautifully
275
Do not take it
to the heart
276
A sour puss, a bad-tempered or
habitually sullen person
277
It was just a kick. You are getting a little
carried away
278
High-fidelity
sound
279
A bright and
bubbly personality
280
A spoiled,
willful child
281
He used his budgetary skills to grease the
wheels, skids for new projects
282
Asked about writing, she examines the butter dish with interest, before mouthing some sentences like a student
parroting poetry
283
While the media was mindlessly
parroting that information over and over again, these viewers already understood that it most likely was not true
284
Underhand
dealings
285
The couple kicked their runners off, grabbed two life-buoys and waded in to where the mother and son were
floundering in deep water
286
He is saving up his
ammo
287
He was feeling
smug after his win
288
There need be nothing passe or dated about its use, provided its
mathematical variability is honored
289
I am up to ears in
work
290
There is no way the Crown Prosecution Service can stick the loans scandal
merely on the small fry
291
Some of those companies are big fish, and others are
small fry
292
She was one of the youngest members in the Dance Club after all,
small fry and unimportant
293
You have a healthy
glow
294
I sweated and
toiled for the company
295
You are a rare
breed
296
A secret bounty
of 2 million dollar
297
Try not to make
imbecile remarks
298
He clenched his fists and exhibited his
bulging biceps
299
Fancy running
into you
300
They are on their honour as
gentlemen not to cheat
301
I feel in honour bound to warn readers that the Onion is a satirical publication, and this post is a joke. However, I do think that there is a
serious point to be made here
302
She has deliberately broken this treaty, and we were in
honour bound to stand by it
303
The genius of Darwin can sometimes give the misleading impression that the theory of evolution sprang from
his forehead fully formed without any precedent in scientific history
304
It showed how all this evidence favoured the evolution of species from a
common ancestor
305
In this struggle for existence, survival and reproduction do not come down to
pure chance
306
Why does Charles Darwin
eclipse Alfred Russel Wallace
307
On his death 100 years ago, obituaries were effusive in their praise, calling him the last of
the great Victorians
308
While today Darwin is a household name synonymous with the theory, Wallace struggles to gain anywhere
near the recognition of his friend
309
This is illustrated by an appeal this year to raise funds for a
life-sized bronze statue to honour Wallace
310
There are hundreds of Darwin statues and
busts
311
There is a side-profile roundel on the
wall at Westminster Abbey
312
By gaining the same level of acclaim as Darwin is
another matter
313
They argue that students failure to learn led to a
failure to launch
314
Be knee deep in
debt
315
He is a nice young fellow but a bit
wet behind the ears
316
Do not place scientists on a moral
pedestal. They are people too
317
What millions died that Caesar might
be great
318
They are attached to the cranial or spinal meninges and
usually present as a single mass
319
Let s leave it there and
pick it up tomorrow
320
Pedestrians scurried
for cover
321
Being needed is a
tonic for someone at my age
322
They were always at each other s
throats
323
That is acquiring the knowledge which you will do well to put into practice as you travel to the next stage of your
journey through the university of life
324
I did not have the benefit of a great education as a young man, but the university of life and travel through golf has
been an incredible thing for me
325
He brought the perspective of someone who is
educated in the university of life
326
Maybe I am too close to the forest to see the trees, if
you catch my drift
327
He poked fun at his own tendency to
utter bloopers
328
After all these years, it is hard to tell fact
from fiction
329
Bootleg
cassette
330
The road climbs a long
incline through a forest
331
To name this neighbourhood policing would be a
misnomer
332
An eerie green
glow in the sky
333
Traffic pole,
mast
334
We can see if that figure would work
to our advantage, or we might consider omitting it from the Factsheet
335
It began as a casual
interest in the subject
336
Numbers do have a language of their own, and it is fascinating how different calculations
throw the same situation into different lights
337
You are wonderfully
perspicacious
338
It would give a skewed impression that we are overstaffed while we are in fact
stretched rather thin
339
The new items are agreeable
to you
340
With his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to
analyse his find
341
The subtleties of film noir have not exactly been the
hot topic of around the water cooler
342
A water-cooler
chat
343
Elisa was bubbling with
joy or enthusiasm
344
To stage a
comeback
345
It made an impression
on me
346
Lead you off the well
worn path
347
Two s a company.
Three s a crowd
348
Third time
lucky
349
Third time s
the charm
350
I came to my
senses
351
I am heading
off anyways
352
Graham was not enjoying this, but he
soldiered on
353
We are not just a group of shallow
wusses
354
His bank at home transfers his dole
money to a local bank here
355
Those people going on the dole would have otherwise
been employed and off the dole
356
Fudge
sundae
357
I guess you took
after you mom
358
Death does not put an
end to love
359
No matter how a lad feels, it is just not the done thing to display his emotions. He might be accused of being
a big girl s blouse
360
Guilty as
charged
361
Hackneyed old
sayings
362
The burger is
filling
363
The garlic does not
overpower the fries
364
To pique your
interest in language
365
A brief, relevant epigram offers a
spark of humour or pith
366
Someone lying to me is my
pet peeve
367
The institution was stigmatized as a last
resort for the destitute
368
The language log is devoted to debunking myths about language by countering them with linguistic fact, with a
healthy dose of subversive humour
369
Children are fairly impervious
to correction
370
Familiarity breeds
sloppiness
371
I took it out
on her
372
Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was
pure sophistry
373
Do not add to
my worries
374
We are close
kin
375
Do not let criticism clip
your wings
376
Think on your
feet
377
That will teach you not to tag
along where you are not wanted
378
They need a tactful
word of advice
379
Turn into a haven
for terrorists
380
Moving three times is as
bad as five
381
This case is on all
fours with a precedent
382
Bunch of
fives
383
Five-finger
discount
384
Slip someone
five
385
Six feet
under
386
To quell civil
disobedience
387
He urged the government to show sincerity for dialogue to
solve the impasse
388
Attended the
impromptu sit-in
389
They came on her own
initiative
390
Authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have condemned the protests as illegal and
promised firm action
391
Not a moment
too soon
392
An abdominal
incision
393
I stumbled onto
this photo
394
Music carries from the various bars along the street and every once in a while a car
zooms past, screeching as it swerves around the corner
395
People managed to scrambled
out of the street
396
The horn-blazing car
sped through
397
The ball is now in
their court
398
A protester proffered free
shirt-fresheners
399
Two boys were pelted by
rotten apples
400
Slap some
sense into you
401
If I cannot learn to brown-nose, at least I can keep
my mouth shut
402
They were served by
obsequious waiters
403
The solicitor s
clientele
404
You are mooning around like a
lovesick teenager
405
Live and
let live
406
This social media activity strikes us as tone
deaf to say the least
407
The manager caved in to
his demands
408
The student leaders have come
to the fore
409
They claim to own the
silent majority
410
These are what underpins
Hong Kong as an international financial centre
411
Since its return to China, it has been a question
lurking in the background
412
Will China
buckle
413
Fall into bed after editing an
overnight news film
414
I almost trip over one of them stretched out on the
tarmac with his umbrella across his chest
415
Indefatigably
cheerful
416
Under a lemony
sun
417
Two red flags flutter
up the flagpoles
418
Embattled Hong Kong leaders and dignitaries stand
to attention
419
Have ulterior motives and are
marginal anyway
420
Express their disgust
at
421
A steady
gaze
422
The main thoroughfare looks like a nomad
encampment now, with gazebos, plastic sheeting and flags
423
Bagging up
rubbish
424
Sixty years and
counting, they do not back down
425
But this is not a squeak, it is a
mighty roar
426
With all of this racing through my
head, I am clearly not going to sleep
427
So I sit up and
write
428
Now time to set off again to witness
history in the making
429
When the tear gas canisters were opened and the smoke
billowed out, Hong Kong s demonstrators had only their umbrellas to protect themselves
430
They had been brought along because the heat of the sun was so
severe at the height of the day
431
He issued a
call-out on Facebook
432
He has lived
off-grid for years
433
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